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• 4th of July Ruminations - 2011
• 5 Tips To a Better CD by Mark Winkler
• A Departure
• A Hoarse Voice? Don't Panic!
• A House Concert Presenter Weighs In
• A Listening Experiment
• A New Way To Network
• A Recording Experiment
• A Road Book--What Is It?
• A Song Writer's Rant
• A Songwriting Discussion of Titles
• A Take On the Re Emergence of Roots Music
• A Three Week Hiatus for Datamusicata
• A Visit to CF Martin in Nazareth, Pennsylvania
• ASCAP, BMI, SESAC - Should I Join?
• Affirmation - Here's One to Use
• All Wood and Doors - Here Come the Reviews
• All Wood and Doors Tour Day Two
• An Artist's Responsibility
• An Attempt to Get a Cab into Habana
• Another Attempt at an End Run by Corporate Greed
• Another Backstage at the Resurrection Review and the first All Wood and Doors Review
• Another Cold, Another Show
• Another Songwriting Exercise
• Anxiety - How Do You Handle It, Part Two
• Anxiety - How Do You Handle It?
• Approaching A Performance Vs Intrusion On Your Space
• Are People Hearing What You Are Saying?
• Are We Merely Toys of God?
• Are You Letting the Magic Happen in the Studio?
• Are You Listening Enough?
• Are You Making Your Practice Time Fun?
• Are You Spreading the Word About Music You Love?
• Are You Using Dynamics in All Aspects of Your Performance?
• Arranging For Solo Guitar, Continued
• Arranging Songs - Some Ideas For the Process
• Arranging for One Voice and Guitar
• Arranging for One Voice and Guitar 2
• Artists, Food For Thought
• As An Artist, Do You Keep Your Opinions To Yourself?
• Assembling Composite Takes in the Studio - How Do I Do It?
• At the Soundcheck thru to the Curtain
• Attending Far West Folk Alliance 08
• Attitude and the Zen of Doing
• Authority and Attitude - How Far Can You Take It?
• Back It Up!
• Back Jack and Do It Again
• Back Up Your Work and then Back It Up Again Someplace Else
• Background Vocals - Session Tips
• Backstage At The Resurrection - New Solo CD by James Lee Stanley
• Backstage at the Resurrection Review 1 April 2011
• Bass - Developing A Compelling Bass Part
• Before You Make That New Year's Resolution
• Belief In Yourself
• Bob Ezrin Weighs In On Artistic "Quality"
• Bob Lefsetz Weighs In On Why You Make An Album
• Bob Lefsetz on Albums and What They Actually Mean
• Bob Leftsetz Weighs In On Major Labels
• Bobby, We Hardly Heard Ye
• Booking - More On Putting A Tour Together
• Booking - When To Do It?
• Booking Tips
• Booking Yourself 1
• Booking Yourself 2 - The Logistics of a Tour
• Can I Do Three Nights in a Row of Great Shows?
• Can I Produce Myself?
• Can I Write A Song Like That? And If I Do, Is It Stealing?
• Caren Armstrong Weighs In on the Life of a Song
• Check Your Attitude...At the Door
• Cheese It! The Fuzz!
• Chord Progressions - And How To Manipulate Them
• Chord Substitution?
• Chords and Inversions, Further Discussion
• Cliff Eberhardt / James Lee Stanley Duet Project Recording Journal
• Commitment to Your Muse
• Conference Tips Part 1
• Contracts, Should I Use Them?
• Corky Siegel Weighs In With "Let Your Music Soar"
• Crazy Heart Musings
• Create A Space For Your Creativity
• Creating an Audience 2
• Credit Where Credit's Due Vs Your Word
• Criticism - How Do I Handle It and How Do I Use It?
• Criticism - When Is It Called For?
• Critics Weigh In on All Wood and Doors
• Cyber Hell - Take A Break From It
• Datamusicata down time and Remixing an Old Project
• Day Four Cliff Eberhardt and James Lee Stanley All Wood and Doors Recording Project
• Day Three Eberhardt Stanley All Wood and Doors Project
• Day Two of the Eberhardt / Stanley All Wood and Doors CD
• De plan, Boss, De plan
• Department of Redundancy Department
• Did You Do Your Idiot Check?
• Distance Yourself From Your Work
• Do I Need To Master My Recordings? And What Is Mastering, Anyway?
• Do I have to Do It Alone?
• Do You Always Give 100% In A Performance?
• Do You Have A Responsibility to Other Artists?
• Do You Have Creative Seasons?
• Do You Have Nightmare Gigs?
• Do You Have To Stay All Night?
• Do You Need A Major Label
• Doing the Work - That IS the Reward
• Doing the Work - That IS the Reward
• Don't Fight the Program
• Don't Fight the Program -- Dump It!
• Driving Tips When You Are On the Road
• Dylanfest at Kulak's May 20th, 2010
• EPK's - Do I Need One and Are They Effective
• EQ - More On Using It
• Eberhardt / Stanley Recording - Day One
• Emergency Nail Replacement
• Enough B.S. From Beck, et al, Where Are The Protest Songs?
• Everybody Has To Make Money - Not Just You
• Expose Yourself to Great Musicians
• Expose Yourself...to Art
• Fine Tuning Your Work
• First All Wood and Doors Mini Tour Ends - Ruminations
• First Report from the 2009 Folk Alliance International Conference in Memphis, Tennessee
• Flying With A Guitar
• Folk Alliance Conference Follow Up for Artists
• Folk Alliance February 2010
• Folk Alliance International Music Conference 2011
• Folk Alliance International, Memphis February 2010
• Folkscene - A Community of Musical Folks
• Follow That Muse!
• Follow Up -- A Very Big Deal
• Follow Up After A Conference
• Follow Up Confirmations -- A Must In Every Situation
• Follow Your Muse or Be True To Your School
• Follow Your Routines on the Road or Pay the Consequences
• Forbidden Fruit - It Didn't Work For God, Why Would It Work For Us?
• Free Tickets - When Do I Ask For Them?
• From the Road 20 July 07
• GPS Hell - Don't Forget Your Own Brain Works Pretty Well
• GPS Hell - Version Two
• Gear 1 What I Use
• General Recording Project Tips
• George Winston Answers Eleven Questions
• Get Some Distance From Your Projects
• Getting A Guitar on De Plane, Boss, De Plane!
• Getting Ready For Three Days of Full Concerts
• Getting Someone To Record Your Song
• Getting a Crowd In Your Venue
• Give God the Nod
• Good As Your Word?
• Good Enough?
• Goofing Off, Is It Bad For You?
• Grooming Your Voice For Success
• Grooves; What Makes A Good One?
• Guarantees, Getting Them; Living Up To Them
• Guest Columnist Susan Mumma
• Guitar Straps - A Few Tips
• Guitar Stringing
• Guitar Tablature - A Primer
• Guitar Tips
• Guitar Tips Part Two (Traveling & Brands)
• Happy Birthday Bob
• Happy Holidays, Datamusicata Will Be Back January 4th, 2010
• Happy? How Can I BE Happy?
• Health Regimen Importance and Tips on Maintaining One
• Help, Life is Stealing All My Time
• Holidays Are Also A Time to Catch Up
• Hostile Audiences - Dealing With Them
• House Concert - Critique of the Presenter
• House Concerts
• House Concerts - The Presenters Responsibilities
• House Concerts 3
• House Concerts, Part Two, House Guesting
• House Concerts: Who Is Responsible For The Audience?
• House Guest's Ten Most Important Things To Remember
• House Guesting - More On the Art of It
• How Can I Afford to Tour During the Meltdown?
• How Do I Change Instruments During A Concert?
• How Do I Book Myself Into A House Concert?
• How Do I Choose the Right Producer
• How Do I Develop Discipline?
• How Do I Do A Show With No Amplification?
• How Do I Do a Songwriter Showcase?
• How Do I Emcee (and Quiet the Crowd, Too?)
• How Do I Get Discipline?
• How Do I Get Invited Back?
• How Do I Get My Music Into Films?
• How Do I Get the Most Out of My Studio Time Recording Background Vocals?
• How Do I Host An Open Mic?
• How Do I Manage My Day?
• How Do I Not Leave Stuff Behind on the Road?
• How Do I Pack For The Road?
• How Do I Prepare A Short Set?
• How Do I Price Myself?
• How Do I Put Together A Showcase?
• How Do I Record With No Money?
• How Do I Sing With a Sore Throat?
• How Do I Start A Band?
• How Do I Stay Healthy on the Road?
• How Do I Use A Looping Station?
• How Do You Categorize Yourself?
• How Do You Compare Your Work?
• How Do You Connect With Your Audience?
• How Do You Get People To Come To Your Gigs?
• How Do You Get People To Come To Your Gigs? Part Two
• How Do You Handle Adversity?
• How Do You Handle Depression and Discouragement?
• How Do You Handle Show Biz Frustration?
• How Do You Prep For An Open Mic?
• How Do You Prepare For A Live Radio Interview?
• How Do You Prepare For A Live Recording?
• How Do You Read An Audience?
• How Do You Share A Stage?
• How Do You Start Your Own Label?
• How Does One Get A Relaxed Performance On A Studio Recording, Part 2
• How Does One Get A Relaxed Sound On A Studio Recording?
• How Does Publishing Work?
• How Does Publishing Work? Part Two
• How I Almost Didn't Save Nicolette Larson's LIfe -- Road Safety
• How I Almost Met My Distant Cousin, John Lennon
• How Important is Pre-Production?
• How Many Nights In A Row Should You Perform?
• How Much Does It Cost to Make A Record?
• How Much Energy Are You Bringing to the Stage?
• How Redd Foxx Saved My Life
• How Softly Can You Play Your Guitar?
• How To Artistically Own Your Songs
• How to Be A Great House Guest, Part Two
• How to Recognize and Deal With What Is Part of the Process
• How's Your Commitment to Your Talent, Your Gift?
• I Play My First Nude Beach Party
• I Wanna Sing; I Wanna Dance; How Do I Do It?
• If Noone Shows, Do I Still Have To Do The Show?
• Imagining Your Chops
• Improve Your Odds for Film / TV Song Placement
• In A Hip Hop World Where Can I Play My Acoustic Music?
• Incompetence and Attitude - The Cosmic Connection
• Increase Your Live CD Sales
• Is There A Right Way to Record?
• James Lee Stanley and Cliff Eberhardt Back In The Studio - All Wood and Doors Update
• Jeff Beck - Inspiration From A Master
• John Batdorf Weighs in on Releasing and Promoting a New CD
• John Carter Passes
• John Lennon - You Are Still Missed
• July 16, 07 From the Road
• Kenny Edwards Memorial
• Kulak's Woodshed Concert May 24, 2008
• Last Day As A House Guest - Tips For Getting Invited Back
• Lead Guitar Using Chord Fingering for Guidance
• Les Paul and I Play McCabes
• Lessons - Should I Take Them?
• Life Is A Challenge - Go Placidly
• Look Both Ways
• Looping Boxes - Preparation and Use
• Lyric Writing - A Look At Paul Simon's America
• Lyrics and Melody - A Wedding Made in Heaven, or Hell
• Mail Order Tips
• Mail Order Tips
• Major Labels Shooting Themselves in the Foot
• Make Your Life A Little Easier
• Make the Gig Work
• Master Limiters - Should You Use Them?
• Mastering Backstage At The Resurrection
• Mastering Demystified From Drew Daniels
• Media Lists and Maintaining Contacts With Them
• Media and the Message
• Melodies - And What Restricts Them
• Melodies - Experimentation With Chord Progressions
• Microphones - Which One Should I Use?
• Mike Kappus of Rosebud Music Interview
• Missed Opportunities - The Night I Almost Sang For Joan Baez
• Mixing - Some Basic Tips
• Mixing Tips for Background Vocals
• Mixing, Tell Me More About It
• More About Pricing Yourself by Jamie O'Reilly
• More Arranging Tips
• More Mixing Tips As I Wrap Up All Wood and Doors
• More Tips on Reaching Your Goals
• Muscle Memory
• Music Conference -- What To Do
• Music Conference Tips
• Music Conferences - What To Do After You Attend One
• Music Lessons - Should You Take Them, and When?
• My Favorite Question -- And Applying It To Discouragement
• Nastassja Kinski and Me - Naked / Another Opportunity Knocks Tale
• Neil Young Tribute Night
• New Keys For Old Songs - Try It, You'll Like It
• No Post Today
• Norton Buffalo Passes
• On Being A Wordsmith
• On Line Music Sites, etc
• On Tour, Can I Ask My Friends to Put Up My Bandmates For the Night?
• Opening Act Etiquette
• Opening Act Responsibilities
• Opportunity Knocks - And You Don't Answer
• Organization--I'll Do It Tomorrow
• Packing Up Your Gear - The Cord Dilemma
• Parametric EQ - Simplified Use Of...
• Patter Between Songs
• Paul Zollo Reviews Backstage At The Resurrection
• Peer Conferences and Post Attendence Depression
• Performance Rights Organizations - What About Them?
• Performance and Meditation - There Is A Link
• Performing
• Performing - What Went Right? What went Wrong?
• Performing With Stephen Bishop
• Performing, 3
• Performing, Pacing A Set
• Performing, The Beginning
• Performing, The Next Step
• Personal Choice - It's Okay
• Peter Tork Interview
• Pitching A Song
• Playing Live with other people
• Practice In the Dark / Be Prepared
• Practice Today?
• Practicing
• Pre-Stage Jitters
• Pregnancy on the First Date--Is There A Song In There?
• Preparing A Session For Another Musician
• Preparing For A Showcase
• Preparing For an Interview
• Problems With Equipment? Start With the Simple Solutions
• Producing - The Producer's Job
• Rage - Handling Someone Else's
• Rage - Handling Your Own
• Raising Money For Your Recording Project
• Rand Bishop Weighs In - Advice to Songwriters
• Random Helpful Info
• Random Thoughts - Attitude
• Random Thoughts - This Fleeting Moment That Is Our Life
• Random Thoughts 2 and Road Remedies for Pain
• Recognizing and Pursuing Your Muse
• Recording - Getting A Good Take
• Recording 1
• Recording Bass and Drums
• Recording Tips - Before You Start
• Recording, What's Best -Live or Layered
• Rehearsal Preparation--Why It Is Necessary
• Rehearsals - Watch Your Volume
• Rehearsing A New CD for Performance
• Religious Freedom - A Parable
• Remembering September 11th 2001
• Repetition and Practice - Necessary Hurdles
• Reworking Your Bottom Line To Make A Profit At Gigs
• Rich Warren Weighs In On Sending CD's Vs Digital Downloading
• Ruminations on This Election
• Ruminations on this New Year's Eve 2011
• Second Report from the 2009 Folk Alliance International Conference in Memphis, Tennessee
• See Live Music Whenever You Can - A Cliff Eberhardt Concert Review
• Sense of Entitlement? Lose It, It's a BAD Look
• Serve The Song
• Serve the Song, Part Two
• Should I Demo My Songs?
• Should I Hire A Publicist?
• Should I Pick Up Hitchhikers?
• Should I Sell Merchandise Too?
• Should I Use A Producer For My First Recording?
• Should You Pick Up A Naked Hitchhiker?
• Showcasing - How Do I Put A Showcase Together
• Singing
• Singing on Your Recordings and Sounding Great
• Sleeping With Strangers
• Social Media Sites - Which One Do You Choose?
• Social Obligations or A Great Show -- You Choose
• Soloing on Recordings - A Different Approach
• Some Fun and Useful Observations at the Nick Reynolds Tribute
• Some Insights Into Performing
• Song Entre - What Draws People Into Your Song?
• Song Writing Exercises - Part Two
• Song Writing Exercises -- What?
• Songwriter Telesummit August 21st and 22, 1009
• Songwriting - Melodies and Rhyme schemes
• Songwriting 1
• Songwriting 2 How Do I Write For Someone Else and Get It Recorded?
• Songwriting 3 - The ReWrite
• Songwriting 4 – Making It Great
• Songwriting Part 6 / The Red Pony Song - Final Draft
• Songwriting Tips From Another Site
• Sonic Bids - Friend or Foe?
• Sonic Bids Weighs In
• Spontaneous Performance Vs Rehearsed Show
• Stage Fright
• Star Trek Deep Space Nine and the Roddenberry Underwear - My Story (Part 1)
• Star Trek Deep Space Nine and the Roddenberry Underwear - My Story (part two)
• Stoner Rock - Interested?
• Submitting Music to Your Favorite TV Show
• Supply the Joy - Rule Number One
• Support the Art That You Believe IN
• Take A Break, Dammit
• Take A Break--Trust Me
• Take Nothing For Granted
• Take Nothing For Granted
• Take Nothing For Granted
• Take Nothing For Granted, Again With This
• Tempo, Time and Groove, They Are One, Grasshopper
• Tempos - How Do I Choose the Best One?
• Ten Things To Learn From Japan
• Textures in Arrangement or the Lack Thereof
• The Audience Boos You. What Do You Do?
• The Boy Scouts Were Right - Be Prepared
• The Fear and Triumph of Building a New Show
• The Gift To Give To Your Favorite Artist
• The Last Word On Folk Alliance International, Memphis, 2009
• The Monterey Pop Festival
• The Perfect Recording - A Quest
• The Spotlight - The Power and Responsibility That Comes With It
• The System - Work With It or Against It?
• The Trick To Collaboration
• The Twelve Pound Ceramic Monkey On My Back
• Things to Remember For and At Gig
• Three Gigs in Southern California
• Three Note Chords on Guitar
• Tim OShea Interviews James Lee Stanley About All Wood and Doors
• Time For Yourself
• Timothy B Schmit - Expando - A Solo CD
• Tips From Nick Nowell of The Famine
• Tips From The Road - Day One of the All Wood and Doors Tour
• Tips for A Successful CD Release Concert
• Tips for Successful Intimate House Concerts
• Tips on Traveling and Networking
• Tom Robbins and I Go To Cuba
• Tom Robbins and I Go To Cuba, Part Two
• Topical Songs, Should I Write Them?
• Travel Tips - Preparations For Going and Coming
• Travel Tips - You Are Not Alone!
• Travel Tips for A Weekend Gig
• Traveling Light--How To Do It
• Tuning Up--As Necessary in Life As In Guitar Playing
• Turn Someone On To Something New
• Two Secrets To A Great Performance
• Using What You've Got
• Val Haller Weighs In
• Vintage Guitar Review of The Eternal Contradiction
• Vocal Tips for Recording and Performing
• We're All Cogs In the Wheels of the World
• What About A Manager, Tell Me Everything, Part 2
• What About A Manager? Tell Me Everything, Part 1
• What About Editing Songs For Performance?
• What About Guarantees?
• What About Songwriting Camps?
• What About This Celebrity Thing?
• What About the Opening Act Thing?
• What Are Other Ways of Selling CD's?
• What Are Some Tips For Planning A CD Release?
• What Are Some Tuning Tips for Guitar?
• What Can A Concert Presenter Do To Get the Best Show Possible From the Performer?
• What Can I Do To Make My Show A Success?
• What Can I Do To Make Traveling Less of A Hassle?
• What Can I Do to Help the Performer Give His Best?
• What Do I Do When I Lose the Audience?
• What Do I Wear On Television?
• What Do You Bring To The Party?
• What Do You Do To Prepare For A Gig?
• What Do You Do When the Well Runs Dry?
• What Do You Want To Have Happen? Part Two
• What Does An Artist Need From Me the Presenter?
• What Does It Take To Be Great?
• What Else Can You Do to Promote Your Music
• What Goes Right and Wrong In A Concert
• What If I Am Not Good At Making Music?
• What Is A One Sheet and Why Do I Need One?
• What Is Advancing A Concert Date?
• What Is An Anchor Gig?
• What Is Chord Substitution?
• What Is Chord Substitution? Part Two
• What Is The Best Guitar?
• What Is The Middle Eight?
• What Is The Most Important Question To Ask Yourself?
• What Is Your Mission?
• What Is the Difference Between an Engineer and a Producer?
• What Is the Most Important Thing to Convey on Stage?
• What Makes A Good Lyric (Final - Part 5)
• What Makes A Good Lyric, Part 3 (now we're writing a song!)
• What Makes A Good Lyric, Part 4 (Still writing that song!)
• What Makes A Good Lyric?
• What Makes A Good Lyric? Part 2
• What Makes An Impactful Press Kit
• What Music Inspired You?
• What is the Best Way to Travel When the Gigs are Back to Back?
• What is the Most Cost Effective Self Promotion?
• What's An Artist To Do? Follow Your Muse
• What's the Best Way To Record? Ensemble or Layered?
• What's the Best Way to Sell CDs at A Live Performances
• When Do You Take Chances On Stage?
• When A String Breaks Use An Old String As A Replacement
• When Do You Prepare For A Gig--How Far In Advance
• When God Gives You the Stink Eye
• When Is Less Really More?
• When Is the Best Time To Write?
• When Opportunity Knocks
• When Opportunity Knocks, Part 3
• When Opportunity Knocks, Part Two
• When Will We Ever Learn?
• When the Demon Clowns Try To Tear You Down
• Where Do Melodies Come From?
• Where Do You Get Feedback?
• Where Do You Get Inspiration For A Song? (Blue Shag Cookie Monster Story)
• Where Do You Get Inspiration For A Song? (Stolen Season) Part 2
• Where Do You Get Your Inspiration? (the song Every Day)
• Where Do You Get Your Inspiration? Part 3 (Racing the Moon)
• While I'm in Italy Don't Eat Your Hearts Out
• Who Helped You Get Where You Are?
• Who Puts the Bomp in Your Swagbag?
• Who We Are and Where We Are In Life - The Connection
• Why A Professional Keeps His Word
• Why Am I Struggling, While They Are Thriving?
• Why Are You Making Music?
• Why Do I Need An Editor?
• Why Even A Musician Should Vote
• Why Go Hear Live Music?
• Why Learn Other People's Songs, Part 2
• Why Learn Other People's Songs?
• Why Re Do A Project That Was Already Released?
• Why Rework a Recording You've Already Released?
• Why We Play Music, Part Two
• Will Durst Weighs In
• Writer's Block - How Do You Get Past It?
• Writing and Playing A Lead On A Track
• You Have To Give To Get - Reciprocity
• You're At A Music Conference--Now What?
• You've Been To A Music Conference, Now What?
• Young Songwriters Biggest Mistake?
• Your Artistic Community
• Your CD - Who Did You Record It For?
• Your Guitar Can Save Your Life
• you've got to be kind, dammit